The man was accused of writing several online comments about A. Lukashenko, which were considered a “public insult.” The meeting was held at the Baranovichi State College of Light Industry. As a result, Tatsin was sentenced to 1 year in prison and handcuffed in front of the college students, according to a state television report.
On January 30, 2024, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
3.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under enhanced security conditions
unknown years of imprisonment in a penal colony
It is known that Oleg was detained in an administrative case on March 21, 2023 and accused of producing, distributing or storing extremist materials under Art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offences.
Previously, Oleg was involved in social and cultural activities, at one time he led the Gomel “cleanse”, and as a writer he published a lot in magazines and newspapers.
The trial took place behind closed doors.
On 03/05/2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
2.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Yarmoshuk was first detained in this case on March 23, 2023, and was held for three days. Then they released him, but on June 11, 2023 they detained him again and took him into custody.
According to the indictment, on March 1, 2022, Yarmoshuk downloaded several files from the ItArmy of Ukraine website that allow DDoS attacks. Then he launched the program on his computer “at least 8 times,” which “broke the protection system against DDoS attacks” and “the operation of unidentified Internet resources of the Russian Federation was disrupted.” Thus, according to the state prosecution, Yarmoshuk “used malicious, potentially dangerous programs.” Also on August 19, 2020, Yarmoshuk transferred about $60 to the BySOL initiative via Facebook. 7 months later (March 12, 2021), the Belarusian authorities recognized the BySOL Foundation as an “extremist formation.” The fact that at the time of the money transfer BySOL was not an “extremist formation” does not bother the state prosecution.
On January 12, 2024, an appeal hearing was held at the court. The verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
The reasons for Heinrich’s detention are unknown, but it seems that the priest has become yet another religious figure affected by the regime’s repressions against religious communities in Belarus.
Heinrich is about 70 years old, suffered a heart attack and recently had gastric surgery due to cancer; he needs medical supervision and constant medication.
On December 6, 20 days have passed since the arrest of the rector, Fr. Genrikh Okolotovich. During this time, he should have either been criminally charged or released. And, according to sources of the publication Katolik.life., the priest was chosen as a measure of detention in the form of detention, that is, he was charged.
The article of the Criminal Code has not yet been named, but the period for filing charges of 20 days from the moment of arrest is provided for a number of “anti-state” articles - such as espionage and treason. But what exactly the priest is charged with remains unknown.
On March 10, 2023, he was convicted under administrative article 19.11, part 2, for the distribution, production, storage, and transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities. After which a criminal case was opened.
On March 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
Due to the closed nature of the trial, the essence of the case is still unknown. It is only known that Vladimir Romanovsky was detained in Bobruisk during the “feeding the pigeons” event on May 9, 2020. Then riot police detained about 15 people in the city.
According to the verdict , Romanovsky has now been found guilty of publicly insulting Lukashenko on social networks and has been sentenced to imprisonment.
On 02/06/2024, the court's appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
On January 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
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Andrey is 36 years old. In 2020, he worked at the Etazhi real estate agency. The man has a small daughter.
According to pro-government telegram channels, he himself wrote to the Black Book of Belarus and offered to drop the addresses of security forces involved in the repressions. Andrei did not know that on the other side, GUBOPiK employee Artur Gaiko was answering him.
Andrey was detained on November 10, 2023. He now faces up to 12 years in prison.
The man has been using the same account since 2019. From it he “leaked” information into the Black Book of Belarus, and from it he wrote comments in open chats and groups. The video shows his archived username from the ChKB bot database, which was saved by Arthur Gaiko. Through it you can find the current name of the telegram account and ID.
unknown years of imprisonment in a penal colony
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
Vladimir has been interested in urban development and architecture for about 20 years. He created a unique database with thousands of photographs of various buildings in Belarus and abroad - photobuildings.com.
In the video shown on ONT, Vladimir says that he allegedly registered in the Peramoga chat plan, and in November 2022 Alexander Azarov allegedly contacted him.
On February 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 05.01.2024: unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.02.2024: 3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Convicted in January 2023. After the protests of 2020, he resigned from the service of the Lida District Department of Internal Affairs. For this he was subjected to repression.
6 years imprisonment in a colony
On August 13, 2023, he was detained for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities.” After this, a criminal case was opened against him. After the arrest, a “repentant” video was published with Artem, where he said that in 2020 he proposed throwing “Molotov cocktails” at police officers and sent instructions for making them to friends.
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Detained in May 2023 for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities.” After the administrative punishment, a criminal case was opened.
On April 16, 2024, Oleg’s appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
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